@article{ref1,
title="Physical assaults in a psychiatric unit of a general hospital",
journal="American journal of psychiatry",
year="1988",
author="Edwards, J. G. and Jones, Deann and Reid, William H. and Chu, C. C.",
volume="145",
number="12",
pages="1568-1571",
abstract="The authors collected data concerning assaults, assaultive patients, and victims in a psychiatric unit during a 12-month period and compared them with data from a control group of patients. Thirty-seven assaults by 25 patients were recorded. Fourteen of the victims were patients and 23 were members of staff. The assaultive group contained a significantly higher proportion of schizophrenic patients than did the control group and significantly larger numbers of patients from lower socioeconomic classes, patients admitted involuntarily under a section of the Mental Health Act, and patients with a history of assaults.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-953X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}